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I agree that this would be a highly useful feature as well. VLC does it out of the box, along with pitch shifting to correct for the chipmunk voice effect. I also use the same featureon the iPod/iPhone to get through long podcasts faster. Time is in universally short supply, and I guess some of us can process information faster than others - or don't mind missing some nuances. This would be a very welcome feature for me.
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2010-10-21, 23:13
(This post was last modified: 2010-10-23, 07:37 by john.doe.)
Is it possible for me to make this change by myself?
Can anyone point me to the place in the code where this thing is supposed to be. If this feature was in xbmc before, maybe I can enable it again?
Is it possible to do this feature with a plugin? in this case only people who want it can use it.
I'm not sure if xbmc is using the same library as vlc, but if it does, it should be possible to enable this feature like it is in vlc.
Can anyone point me to the right place?
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2011-01-23, 19:18
(This post was last modified: 2011-01-23, 19:30 by bobo99.)
Hey guys,
In this day and age, time is scarce, so watching videos needs to sped up a little.
On the computer I watch all of my videos in VLC, which has a speed function.
This lets me watch most video at about 18% faster than normal. On a 1 hour show this is about a 10 minute saving. At 18% speed you can't really notice the difference in video/audio.
Is this something that could be implemented (relatively easily?), or something that others would be interested in?
Thanks!
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This has been discussed before and the consensus is if you can't sit down and watch the show at the pace its meant to be watched, wait until when you actually can.
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Such a time-saving feature could be further enhanced by something similar to commercial break detection. Skip all scenes where no dialogue or other important stuff is happening on the screen. Imagine how fast you could watch "2001: A Space Odyssey".
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bobo99
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Thats the thing, at 18%-23%, you don't really notice the change in pace, and you save yourself about that same amount of time.
Sure the consensus is that I should wait until I have time, however there is nothing wrong with having the time to watch it, and it taking 20% less time.
I do have the time, but why not it be 20% shorter ?
Obviously not the same is true for songs, but this should be rather simple to implement as well ?
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There's already a thread about it. For now I just kill XBMC and use mplayer for watching documentaries and my online classes.
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davilla
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I had a thought, why not just read a review of the video, that way you can really shorted the viewing speed. Imagine, you can watch a 2 hour movie in your mind in about 5 mins.
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wouldn't everybody sound like a chipmunk?